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BIG SENSATION
Over the Fight for United State
Senatorship in Kemtucky.
BRIBERY AND CONSPIRACY
Is Charged Against Candidate Hun¬
ter and His Lieutenants.
PROMINENT REPUBLICANS
Indicted By the Grand Jury and Very Sen¬
sational Developments Expected. Sweep¬
ing Denials by the Parties implicated.
Fifteen Thousand Dollars for Three Votes.
Louisville, Ivy.— A special to the
Evening Post from Frankfort, says:
Indictments charging bribery and con¬
spiracy to bribe have been prepared
by the Franklin county grand jury
against the most prominent Rapublt
cans ia the State, viz.: Ex-Congress
man AV. Godfrey Hunter, of the Third
District, the Republican nominee for
the United States Senate; Ex-Cougress
man John H. Wilson, of the Eleventh
District, one of Dr. Hunter’s closest
advisers, and Hon. E. T. Franks one
of the leading Republican politicians
of the Second District, The indict
ments were prepared last night upon
the testimony of Capt. Noel Gaines
arid Capt. Tanner, his brother-in-law,
and Fred Gordon, all of this city. The
charges are indignantly denied by Dr.
Hunter, Mr. Wilson and Mr. Franks,
all of whom say they will prosecute
for criminal libel all who have testified
to the above facts before the grand
jury. They claim that it is the last
desperate effort of the Blackburn
Democrats to prevent Dr Hunter’s
election, which seemed a certainty, in
view of the fact that he lacked only
one vote at the ballot on Saturday..
The following authorized interview
was given out Saturday morning by
Capt. Thomas Tanner, one of the ac¬
cused witnesses:
“I was called to the Capitol Hotel
Monday night and had a conference
with Wilson in room 29. AVilson had a
big roll of bills; be said there was $5,
000 in the package, and from .ill ap¬
pearances there was. There were four
■acn packages, or * 20 , 000 , and ’Ire said
this would be paid for four votes for
Dr. Hunter. I Uad several conferences
with Franks in the same room; was
last called there Thursday morning,
when they seemed to think that some
members of the Legislature had offer¬
ed to succumb for $10JXK), but they
thought this too high.”
Oapt. Jioel Gaines testified before tire
grand jury in part as follows:
“When Dr. Hunter came to my house
he. Dr. Hunter, opened the conversa¬
tion by saying that he had been told
1 could aid him in getting three votes,
t told him that I did not know whether
It was possible to get them or not, but
I would study over It and see.
"Hunter said: ‘I want three votes
Mid am willing to pay $15,000, or $5,000
a vote. I will furnish the money all
right, but will hare to have one of my
representatives complete the trade and
give you the money as it would not do
for me to hand it to you.’
“He said ho would have Ex-Con
greasntan John H. AVilson, one of his
friends, call on me. Hunter told me
that Representative AV. G. Gassont,
and Negro Clark, of Warren Oounty,
and John H. Johns, of . loyd County,
could be gotten and they should be the
first ones for me to see as he was pret¬
ty certain I could get mem.
“On the next evening about the same
hour, Mr. John H. Wilson came over
In company with Mr. Tanner and we
all three went into the library of my
house. Mr. AVilson began by saying
that Dr. Hunter had sent him to see
me and that be (Wilson) wanted to
know if I had talked with Gassom,
Clark and Johns, and if I had made
a trade with them. I told him I had
not. AVilson said: *We have got the
$15,000 here and are ready to give it
to them If they would agree to vote
for Hunter and continue to vote for
him until he was elected.’
“Wilson said to me: 'I want you to
go right to work with them now and
make the trade with them quick.’
“Mr. Wilson came back to my house
to see me after the two occasions. On
one occasion he said: ’The agreement
is now that this money will be turned
over to you when the men vote. If
you can’t get these men to vote for
Hunter get them to go away, and if
you can’t get them to go away have
them slipped out and keep them out
until the ballot is over.’ ”
The greatest excitement prevailed
during the first ballot for Senator at
noon Friday. The galleries and lob¬
bies were crowded. The Republicans
denounced the charges in unmeasured
terms, saying it waa a dirty scheme
to defeat Hunter.
A statement signed by Mr. Wilson
was laid on the desk of the members.
The statement denied all the charges,
and said that Gaines made the propo¬
sition and they believed it a scheme to
entrap Dr. Hunter. Before the roll
was called there was a list light ia the
gallery. The call of the roll showed
no quorum present, but a vote was
taken anyway, which gave Hunter 57
and Boyle 1. Sixty answered to their
names. A motion to adjourn brought
out the absentees, and the rote stood
6 S to 5S, but President Worthington
voted to continue and the second ballot
was ordered.
The fight in the gallery was between
Tom Morrow, of Somerset, a ruat'vu
of Judge T. Z. Morrow, and a nephew
of Gov. Bradley, and Peter A. Sanders,
a local Hunter Republican. Sanders
struck Morrow over the eye w ith a
pair of brass knuckles, mak'ng an ngly
cut and drawing the blood ia copious
quantities. Sanders was arrested.
There was no change on the second
ballot.
THE WIND’S WORK.
Angry Cyclone Visited Portions of Geor¬
gia and Alabama.
Atlanta, Ga.—Telegrams from Ozark,
Ala., and Valdosta, Ga., crossing the
Ill-fated town of Arlington, Ga., show
that this section was visited by anoth¬
er cyclone, ascending the Apalachico
la Valley and sweeping northward
with terrific force to the confluence of
the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers,
where it divided, in one direction going
toward Ozark, where timbers were up¬
rooted and houses blown to pieces, sev
eral lives were lost, among them Mrs.
Powers, who was caught beneath the
falling timbers of her nouse and crush¬
ed. Her husband was unable to save
her and was himself badly hurt, but
he rushed off through tire blinding rain
and intense darkness for assistance.
The rest of the family were rescued,
among them a baby three weeks old,
whom the mother protected at the cost
of her own life.
The second section of the cyclone
was deflected upon the Flint Valley,
breaking across South Georgia and
passing through Arlington, where, but
a few weeks ago nine children were
killed in the ruins of their school
house. Reaching Valdosta, the storm
became intensified in fury and trees
were blown in every part of the city.
A church in tile southern part of the
city was wrenched from its founda¬
tions and twisted into fragicmts by
tire angry winds. The car boxes on
the Plant System were blown off the
track. Lightning struck a switchboard
In the Western Union telegraph office
and set fire to the building. From
many of the other towns In the vicinity
reports of an equally alarming nature
are coming in.
INDIAN BAV COUNTRY.
Intense Misery for 500 People and 1,500
Head of Stock.
Little Rock, Ark.—According to let
ters received by the local relief corn
mittee, every foot of land in the In
dian Bay country is now under water,
and the situation there is appalling.
One letter from Holly Grove, Ark.,
says that the people there have not re
coived any supplies, and the situation
is becoming rapidly worse, as the wa,
ter is still rising. Live stock and peo¬
ple were carried to the highest place*
when the floods first came, and were
temporarily safe, but now every foot
of land is covered with water. There
are 1,500 head of live stock and 500
persons in the district, and not one
morsel to feed them. The letter con¬
tinues: “We beg and plead of you, for
humanity’s sake, to try ami assist us.”
The Chairman of the local relief com¬
mittee says that rations for 500 people
for one week were shipped to Holly
Grove on the 3d, but were delayed in
transit and are expected to reach the
sufferers,
A letter from Chairman Butts, of the
Helena relief committee, says that the
situation there is materially changed.
The entire country contiguous to the
river is from one to twenty feet under
water, but the city la thought to be
safe. Supplies are not needed, but
funds are necessary to rescue irerson#
who have been cut off without skiffs.
A Lizzard In Her Stomach.
Clayton, N. Y.—Mrs. Adid.s Shoitts
Marshall, a marired woman of this
place, aged 17, voimted up a dead
Hzard about five inches long. Mrs.
\t ar8 hall had had stomaeu trouble dur
i n g the last two years, and could ob
tain no relief from uied.cal treatment,
gjnee March. 18tb, rite Isas taken no
lid food, and Saturday tii,’ t ” ,
go
dma.
Broke AT I D Pones.
McKenzie, Tenn .—!’n 'tin Robertson,
of the Twenty-seco’ui D strier, of,Car
roll County, was struck by ligutu ng
and instantly '...r d. Every bone in
his body was broken.
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READ THE TRUTH
EXTRACT FROM BOOK OF TESTIMONIALS.
“Was a rheumatic pufferor for 18 months. Derived no benefit
from physicians, treatment at Mineral Wells, Tax., or Hot Springn,
Ark. My doctor declared ray condition hopeless, bur. as a IhhI. resort
advised P. P I’ Upomuu’a Great Remedy.Through il » UBU 1 am
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to-diiv u well man.” 4c Hines, Leading Grocers, Waxahachio, Tex.
of by 'Timmins? FlAKENS, Druggist
Indorsed B. W.
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lutt and palpitation uf tlm heart. Hud not fdopt on either side for
two years; now I at op soundly In A^AMSAY, Do Leon, Tex.
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Savannah. Ga.
sold ) all druggists
i by
LIPPMAN BR0’5. proprietors,
PPM AN’S BLOCK-SAVANNAH. GA.
BECOniNG TRULY AWFUL.
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Red River of the North Takes a Fresh
Hold for Devastation,
Grand Forks, N. D.—The Red River
is rising more ttgin ever, and a still
greater rise is looked for from Red
Lake River, where a gorge has broken.
Between this city and Pembina at
least 250 families are camped In the
second stories of their dwellings and
on top of their barns and strawstacks,
together with all their cattle that can
be got up. On many farms cattle are
standing three feet lit water. Good
boats and a Great Northern steamer
will start out as soon as they can be
got ready nud provisioned for ten days
to rescue people and stock In all the
lower river section. Many families
near the Grand Forks have been res¬
cued oil rafts. A very little further
rise wiii drown stock for hundreds ot
miles. At Pembina the water Is rising
an inch an hour, but Hie waters from
the river that have done such damage
at Fargo and Grand Forks have not
yet reached them. The conditions that
will exist at Winnipeg when the flood
finally reaches there are awful to con¬
template.
THE GOLD DEMOCRATS
Will Hold an Important Conference In New
York Soon.
New York, N. Y.—Former President
Cleveland, John G. Carlisle, former
Secretary of the Treasury, and Wil¬
liam L. Wilson, former Postmaster
General, will be guests at the dinner
given by the Reform Club at the AVal
dorf on Saturday evening, April 24th.
Between 500 and 000 leading Demo
erata will attend, and! the affair is like¬
ly’ to make Democratic history.
In connection with this gathering It
Is proposed to bold a conference of
gold standard Democrats In this city.
Invitations are being sent out to the
leaders of the gold faction in the va¬
rious States, and tbe conference. It I*
expected, will last for two days. It
will be held in Chickering Hall, April
23d and 24th, being considered as moat
desirable.
CATARRH
MALARIA &
TROUBLES \
BLOTCHES | I s
IS
&OLDSORES
RHEUMATISM
REMEDY. tu
SEND FOR &
BOOKLET.
DKflOCRAT APPOINTED.
A Prominent Tennessee Democrat Given
a l-at Office.
Washington, D. C. Secretary of Ag
riculture Wilson has appointed Charles
W. Dabney, Jr., of Tennessee, Assist¬
ant Secretary of Agriculture under Hie
Cleveland Administration, to be “Spec
ial Agent In charge of Scientific and
Statistical Investigation." The salary
is fixed at $4,500 per year.
This is the largest compens.r.oii pnld
any official in the Government service
designated either by the President or
a Cabinet officer, who is not confirmed
by the Senate, with the slngD excep
|ion of the Director of tire Bureau of
American Republics.
Secretary Wilson's creation of an
office and Its bestowal upon a Demo¬
crat are bitterly denounced by those
Republican# who are looking In vain
for positions not blanisetod by civil
service regulation.
More Trouble for Turkey.
London, ling. A dispatch from Con¬
stantinople reports serious trouble near
the Montenegrin frontier In the district
of Kerim. .Sanguinary conflicts have
taken place betwe-u the Albanian
Mussulmans and tine Christians. Tin 1
troops sent to restore order tost sev
eral men killed. The Montenegrin Min
inter in Constantinople, it is added, has
sent a protest warning tire Turkish
Government If the Mussulmans con¬
tinue their attacks it will be difficult
for Montenegro to prevent her subject*
from going to tire assistance of the
Christiana.
(tally to Protest.
New York, N. V. l-ouls Contention
A Son, of this city, received a di*
patch from Rome the other day stating
that the Italian Government has au¬
thorized its Ambassador to file a pro
test with the Se cretary of Stub- against
a prohibitory duty being love d on or
ange s ami lemons. The Ohamlrers of
Commerce of Naples, Palermo, Rome
and Calaba have also communicated
with the sub committee of tire Commit¬
tee on Finance <ju this subject.
A (jnJek Reftponiae.
The Westminster Gazette recalls as
anecdote whleh was once related by
Canon Wllberforco whilu preaching la
the abbey: Christmas Evans, a famoue
Welsh preacher, had ventured to ex¬
press in public bis admiration for the
singlns of Jenny Lind, and even to
give thanks for the same. Herrin innm
UciH of the congregation wi re scal
daJIzcd, and one of them felt called
upon to mount the pulpit slepH and
administer a public rebuke to lire min¬
ister.
In the course of his admonition, he
asked:
"Do you mean to teach that a man
who should die at one of Jenny Lind'*
concerts would go to heaven?”
".Sir,” was the instant cesponse ol
Mr. Evans, "a Christian will go to hea¬
ven wherever he dies, hut a fool re
mains a tool, even on the pulpit steps,*
All Ex*rit se —I >1 < Ili-q.
Little Itock, Ark. Governor Jones
Ims Issued Ids proclamation calling the
General Assembly to convene In extra
session Monday, April 2<lth. Twenty
three items for legislation are S|s-i4
(ied in the proclamation, the most im¬
portant being necessary appropria¬
tions; railroad commissions; relief for
flood and drouth sufferers, and 'bang¬
ing the fence and levee laws.
Glass Work* Destroyed.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Tire Pmigh
keepsie Glass Works were completely
destroyed by fire Friday. The only
part of the factory that Hie firemen
were able to save wee- the office atul
some aheds, under which new goods
were spiral. Tbe loss approximates
about $100,000, Inaurauc*, $70,000.
<»lf ft»r th« Frontj**r.
London, Kng. An ObH*rv<T diajmD'h
from Athens my* 8 ,000 troo^i* Iiavo
jfixt Ft.'irfr'd for the frontier. OfHHal
IiftH heat received of outrage*
f'ornmDU'd on (ireekn off Smyrna by
HaiJorH connected with the ffroimh war
Mhijm, No td(H‘knde of dra ie |jl*N*n
<Io<*!ar I yet, uceonUttg to Mm* lnti*Ht
advices received by t ue Ob*. rv**r.
